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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arthur make Rachel the day she can eat bland food in the hospital?

2. What color hair does Richard Finkle have?

3. What is Rachel's position on nouvelle cuisine?

4. What author does Rachel talk about when she is doing a cooking demonstration?

5. What does Rachel trip over when she is snooping outside the Rice's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jonathan doing outside his house when Rachel arrives?

2. Describe Arthur's physical appearance.

3. Why does Rachel agree to return to Washington with Mark?

4. How do Arthur and Julie keep Rachel entertained in the hospital?

5. Describe Juanita's character.

6. How did Rachel react to seeing an article about herself and the robbery in the Daily News?

7. What does Rachel discover in Mark's office?

8. Why does Betty want to give a dance for Thelma?

9. What is the relationship like between the Feldmans and the Siegels?

10. What marital fantasy does Rachel have in the airport on the way home to Washington?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As a therapist, how does Vera seem to help Rachel? How does act as a positive role model for Rachel? In what way does Vera offer comfort and support after Nathaniel is born?

Essay Topic 2

What is Rachel's opinion about the connection between food and love? How can she tell which stage of a relationship she is by the potatoes she is making? Provide textual examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the importance of Rachel's diamond ring to this story. When did Mark give her the ring? How does losing it in a robbery symbolize the end of her marriage? What happens that makes Rachel decide to sell it?

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